Dovefromabove

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It Is Not Spring Yet !!!

Posted: 02/03/2013 at 10:32

Calm down dear!!!

It Is Not Spring Yet !!!

Posted: 02/03/2013 at 10:12

Geoff, it started today a huge skein of greylag geese (at least 100) flew over this morning heading for their breeding grounds up north

Good morning all Too much to do to read back so awared yourselves hugs/commiserations/congratulations as appropriate. Spring has sprung - a huge skein of greylag geese just flew over the house heading for their breeding grounds up north, calling noisily as they went - a wonderful sight and sound!!!

Now I must head for the shower, then the Farm Shop and the Garden Centre ... see you later ....

planting trees

Posted: 02/03/2013 at 09:07

If they're outside already then plant them - the roots will have more protection from frost in the ground than in pots. Give them a good mulch with some manure or compost (not touching the stems), and they'll romp away as soon as the weather warms up.

Could sunbeam be one of the Choisyas? http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=426

commpost heap

Posted: 02/03/2013 at 08:50

I'd turn it, and add some 'brown' to the mix, e.g. straw, shredded paper (not glossy or colour printed) chopped up brown cardboard etc. If you have access to some chicken manure/guinea pig or rabbit droppings that will be a good activator to help decomposition.

Also a good helping of what Bob Flowerdew describes as 'recycled cider or beer' poured over it - my other half takes his responsibilities in this respect very seriously and is happy to undertake the recycling process if I include beer and/or cider with my grocery shopping.

So in brief, mix it up well, add brown/fibrous matter and an activator - cover it up again and stand well back - all that coupled with warmer weather will get it working.

Of course, there's always the chance that a tom cat or fox may have been spraying in the area ....

planting trees

Posted: 02/03/2013 at 08:40

Where are they at the moment Nicola? Witch Hazel, willow and photinia Red Robin are all hardy and will be fine unless they've been kept inside and have started putting on some early growth. If this has happened they will need hardening off gently to accustom them to the colder conditions outside.

I'm afraid I don't know Sun Beam - do you have more of a name for it?

Suggestions please.

Posted: 01/03/2013 at 06:48

Irish Yew? http://www.pnwplants.wsu.edu/PlantDisplay.aspx?PlantID=463

Reference Index for GW magazine

Posted: 01/03/2013 at 06:16

I was thinking the very same thought just the other day!

allotment vandalism !!

Posted: 27/02/2013 at 22:57

Some people think that there is only one way to do things, and that is the way they've always done them. They didn't have raised beds, so raised beds are unnecessary and a fad for posh people who read magazines like Gardeners World.

It takes all sorts to make a world (and probably even more to make a group of allotmenteers) so don't let him discourage you, just smile nicely, ask advice of those who seem helpful, and prove to him that there's more than one way to grow a cabbage

allotment vandalism !!

Posted: 27/02/2013 at 21:16

LearningSlowly wrote (see)

Dovefromabove wrote (see)

People who enjoy upsetting other people ....

But to be fair, there's not "so much going on" - there are plenty of allotments that I'm aware of where it doesn't happen, It is still unusual enough to be 'news' in most places.

Sadly in some places it is a more regular occurrence, as is vandalism of all kinds, and the causes are the same - emotional, intellectual and material deprivation

you forgot the most important 'deprivation', that being mental deprivation.